April 5, 2012 Healthy polar bear count confounds doomsayers The debate about climate change and its impact on polar bears has intensified with the release of a survey that shows the […]
April 5, 2012 Global warming close to becoming irreversible LONDON (Reuters) – The world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, making this decade critical in […]
April 5, 2012 Zimbabwe ‘owns’ majority of all foreign mining companies Zimbabwe's Black Empowerment Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, announced today it has taken majority ownership of foreign-owned mining firms, which had not already given a controlling stake to black Zimbabweans.
April 5, 2012 Too much of a good thing? A recent study published by Canberra-based think tank The Australia Institute calls for a slowdown in mining investment.
April 5, 2012 Alpha Natural Resources to permanently close Upper Big Branch Mine Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) announced today that it plans to permanently close the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine near Whitesville, W.Va.
April 5, 2012 BHP’s coal supplies facing delays Even with Central Queensland miners returning to the coalface, BHP cannot promise its international customers their coal will be delivered on time.
April 4, 2012 ‘Shocking’ trade numbers have some Australians calling the end of the mining boom The commodity price cycle peaked in the third quarter of last year.
April 4, 2012 Miner union chief: EPA killing us like Navy SEALs kill terrorists Chalk up another fracture in the Big Labor-environmentalist alliance: United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts unloaded on the Environmental Protection Agency in a radio interview Tuesday.
April 4, 2012 Indonesia’s proposed export tax has Indian power companies scrambling Indonesia's proposed tax on mining exports is having a ripple effect on Indian power companies that buy fuel for coal-fired power plants.
April 4, 2012 U.S. mining regulator tightens coal mines safety rules As families and friends of dead miners mark the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia on April 5, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health…
Op Ed: Canadians must match American urgency in the race for critical minerals Canada has the minerals the West needs, but slow permits and weak processing threaten our strategic moment. February 12, 2026 | 04:09 am
